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... was Crashing, and both Mc Graw and I agreed it was well done and funny. From Pete Holmes (and starring the same), it's a look at the burgeoning career of a stand-up comedian. Since it's from HBO and affiliated with Judd Apatow, with it comes degrading circumstances both comical and cringe-worthy. The best shows you're not watching this week included a from Carissa for Autopsy: The Last Days Of. on Reelz Channel. Morbid, right. This past week they debunked the possibility that Kurt Cobain was murdered with details about how and why he would have killed himself. The circumstances used are painstakingly detailed with great respect given to the deceased. For those of you wondering about Courtney Love's involvement, her father was even a guest on the program sharing his views that his daughter was involved in Kurt's murder. If you have Reelz Channel, I urge you to tune into the series, which replays ...

Bates Motel’ Begins Its Final Season On A&e

... By Bethonie Butler February 19 Follow @bethoniebutler. The Bachelor (ABC at 8) This two-hour episode features several hometown dates — and an unexpected visitor who stuns Nick at the rose ceremony. Kevin Can Wait (CBS at 8) Chris Weidman and Bas Rutten, household names for mixed martial arts fans, return in guest roles. Rock ‘N’ Roll Inventions (Smithsonian Channel at 8) The docu-series traces the evolution of rock concerts from no-frills bandstands to innovative, high-energy concerts, tours and festivals. 24: Legacy (Fox at 8) An ally brings Carter one step closer to tracking down the terrorists. Jane the Virgin (CW at 9) Jane considers quitting her less-than-ideal job when she lands a book deal. The Breaks (VH 1 at 9) Three friends try to break into New York City’s increasingly complex hip-hop scene in this 1990 s-era scripted series. The show, like VH 1’s original movie of ...

Monday's Tv Highlights

... the classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller “Psycho” returns for its fifth and final season. Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga star, with pop music’s Rihanna set to join the cast in later episodes as the ill-fated Marion Crane. 10 p.m. A&E; also Lifetime. Booze Traveler Host Jack Maxwell visits Croatia in this new episode. 10 p.m. Travel Channel. The Talk – Race in America This new special explores how black and Latino families talk to their children about how they should handle themselves during encounters with police. 9 p.m. KOCE. Billy on the Street: Political Comedy! Comic Billy Eichner sends up democracy in a series of stunts and sketches in this new special. 10 p.m. Tru TV. A Place in the Sun Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor and Shelley Winters star in director George Stevens’ Oscar-winning 1951 drama about love, ambition and murder. 5 p.m. TCM. Unlocking the Cage Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker’s 2016 documentary follows attorney Steven Wise and his fellow animal-rights activists on their crusade to win limited personhood ...

Timeless Thinks We Might As Well Relive The Red Scare This Presidents Day

... discovery; Dylan and Emma receive a surprise guest.” It’s the beginning of the end for Bates Motel, and Alex Mc Cown-Levy is ready to take that morbid ride. Timeless (NBC, 10 p.m.): Timeless certainly knows how to end a first season: with “The Red Scare.” “With one of our heroes’ lives on the line, the team chases Flynn to 1954 through the paranoid corridors of Joe Mc Carthy’s (guest star Spencer Garrett) Washington, D. C., en route to a secret, once-a-generation meeting of Rittenhouse leaders. While there, Lucy must wager the ultimate sacrifice to save history as we know it.” Allison Shoemaker just wants someone to ask: “Are you now or have you ever been Rittenhouse?”. Billy On The Street (Tru TV, 10 p.m.): This “special presentation” of Billy On The Street is all about “Political Comedy!” The exclamation point makes it extra special. Tru TV is actually ...

Watch Rihanna's Ominous Arrival In 'bates Motel' Trailer

... madness as visions of Norma haunt him while her actual remains sit stuffed in the cellar. Rihanna makes her appearance as Marion Crane – originally portrayed by actress Janet Leigh – at the end of the trailer. She checks in to the Bates Motel and in the the final moments Norman peers through a peephole as the shower runs. Rihanna was tapped to play Crane last year after professing she was a Bates Motel fan. In an interview with EW , executive producer Kerry Ehrin said that Rihanna will play a more fleshed out version of the character Leigh portrayed in Psycho. In the 1960 thriller, Crane arrives at the Bates Motel after stealing money from her boss for her boyfriend, but is famously killed during the first act. "It's tough to be in a situation where you're in love with a guy, and for whatever reason, he keeps stalling," Ehrin said. "It was trying to do a story about a contemporary woman with some edge, with some expectations, who isn't perfect, who isn't always perfectly sweet, who is in that situation, but we’re rooting for her to get what she ...

Scoop On 'bates Motel,' 'chicago P.d.,' 'vampire Diaries,' And More

... spoiler addicts to come on a weekly basis to learn what’s coming next on their favorite shows and, hopefully, get a few of their own questions answered. If you want scoop on a specific show, send your questions to __link__. Thanks for all the Rihanna scoop about Bates Motel. Do you have anything else about the final season? — Gary. As I recently mentioned , the new season picks up about 18 months after Norma’s death — though not everyone is aware of her demise. “Dylan still doesn’t know that Norma has died,” EP Kerry Ehrin tells me. Despite his role in her death, Norman is unsurprisingly living in denial and doesn’t recognize that Norma is gone. “For the most part, no. It’s too painful of an admission to look at,” Ehrin says. “Norman is living in multiple realities and functioning — at the moment.”. Anything fun coming up for Linstead on Chicago P. D.? — Faima. Sorry to break it to you, but there’s trouble brewing for Linstead. “A past ‘undisclosed’ relationship of Halstead’s comes back into the picture, ...

You Should Be Watching

... as Norma Bates in A&E’s “Bates Motel.” (Photo by Joe Lederer). If you've seen Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1960 horror film “Psycho,” you probably think you know Norman Bates. But every deranged killer has his own story. “ Bates Motel ” takes you inside the mind of Norman Bates and how he arrived at all that depravity. The fifth and final 10-episode season premieres Feb. 20. Title: “Bates Motel”. Where it can be seen: A&E, Amazon, i Tunes. Who's in it: Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Nestor Carbonell, Olivia Cooke. Typical episode length: 45 minutes. Number of episodes to date: 40. Brief plot description: A contemporary prequel to the classic horror tale “Psycho,” exploring the teenage years of Norman Bates while set in the modern-day Pacific Northwest. Why it's worth watching: “Bates Motel” brims with death and sex. Some characters are compelling and a few subplots are a little unorthodox. But it's the complicated relationship between Norman Bates (Highmore) and his mother, Norma Bates ...

Big Little Lies’ Delivers A Juicy Whodunit; ‘bates Motel’ Returns

... gala. 9 p.m. Sunday, HBO. Other bets. SUNDAY: As Season 2 of “Billions” begins, hard-charging U. S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades continues his anger-fueled battle against billionaire hedge fund king Bobby “Axe” Axelrod, scorching the earth in a costly war for personal domination. 10 p.m., Showtime. SUNDAY: Pete Holmes stars in the new semi-autobiographical comedy “Crashing.” He’s a suburban nice guy who is married to his childhood sweetheart and dreams of making it as a stand-up comedian. But when he learns his wife is cheating on him, he is forced to reevaluate his priorities. 10:30 p.m., HBO. MONDAY: Fans of “Bates Motel,” brace yourself. In its final season, the eerie series will eventually synch up with “Psycho,” while delivering plenty of homages to Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece. Checking in will be pop star Rihanna, who plays Bates’ most famous guest, Marion Crane. 10 p.m., ...

Big Little Lies'; 'billions'; 'bates Motel'; 'the Blacklist

... (8 p.m. CBS/6). "The Paley Center Salutes NBC's 90 th Anniversary": Kelsey Grammer hosts, as the Peacock network celebrates 90 years on the air, with guests including William Shatner, Jennifer Lopez, Tina Fey and Ted Danson. (8 p.m. NBC/8). "The Walking Dead":  After a midseason premiere last week that showed some encouraging signs of fixing the things that went so wrong in the first half of Season 7, we'll see if the momentum keeps up. And it sounds like we also may get an idea of who those people were who turned up at the end of last week's episode and why the sight of them made Rick (Andrew Lincoln) actually - gasp! -  smile. (9 p.m. AMC). "Big Little Lies":  Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley and Laura Dern star in a  limited series that shrewdly blends social satire, drama and a murder mystery among the generally well-off denizens of Monterey, California. (9 p.m. HBO). "Billions": The sizzling drama feels more timely than ever, as the battle between a hedge-fund billionaire (Damian Lewis) and a New York U. S. Attorney (Paul ...

Bates Motel' Season 5 Review

... leaving doubts from the very beginning about whether Norman (or Norma) had committed certain murders, and if so, how much the other one knew about it. But in the fifth season, the jig is up, and it’s laid out clearly (mostly visually, which is one thing this series has always done very, very well: showing rather than telling). Now that Norma is dead, Norman’s transformation is becoming more complete, and we see things as he does versus how they really are. This juxtaposition of this plus the reveal of Norma’s corpse makes this season of Bates Motel more of a straight horror series than any before it, and since Norman is still primarily triggered by sex and sexuality, and his conversations with Head-Norman are almost entirely focused on sexual jealously, anyone who becomes a talking point between the two of ...

Rihanna Checks Into 'bates Motel,' 'underground' Returning

... (8 p.m. Sunday on NBC) Hosted by “Frasier’s” Kelsey Grammer, the special includes Ted Danson, Tina Fey, William Shatner and Jennifer Lopez and has highlights from some of the network’s iconic programs. Unlocking the Cage: (8 p.m. Monday on HBO) Documentary from Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker follows legal personhood lawsuits for chimpanzees. The Breaks: (9 p.m. Monday on VH 1) Scripted series continues the story (set in the New York hip-hop community in 1990) that began in the VH 1 movie of the same name last year. The Talk — Race in America: (9 p.m. Monday on VH 1) Documentary tackles the issue of young people of color and their encounters with law enforcement. Bates Motel: (10 p.m. Monday on A&E) Rihanna joins the cast as Marion Crane for the show’s fifth and final season. Trevor Noah — Afraid of the Dark: (Tuesday on Netflix) New stand-up special from “Daily Show” host. Jaguar — ...

Bates Motel Season-premiere Recap

... intentional, but “Dark Paradise” includes the kind of bait-and-switch that Hitchcock would have loved. For weeks now, A&E has been advertising the arrival of Rihanna as Marion Crane , the doomed traveler played by Janet Leigh in the classic film. She’s nowhere to be found in this premiere, but fans of the film likely perked up at the mention of another name: Loomis. We may not be getting the Bates Motel iteration of Marion quite yet, but we are getting its bizarre take on Marion’s lover, Sam Loomis. In Psycho, Sam was a divorced hardware store owner played by John Gavin. In Bates Motel, we meet a paint store owner named Madeleine Loomis (Isabelle Mc Nally), who looks an awful lot like Norma. The funhouse mirror version of the Loomis name is clever, taking something familiar and spinning it off in a new direction. Instead of just a new character, Madeleine Loomis reminds us of the film, keeping us further on edge. Bates Motel is turning up the dial on ...